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A cysteine-containing truncated apo A-I variant associated with HDL deficiency.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Dec 1996
Moriyama K, Sasaki J, Takada Y, Matsunaga A, Fukui J, Albers J J, Arakawa K
Abstract excerpt
We identified a 50-year-old Japanese woman with a novel mutation in the apolipoprotein (apo) A-I gene causing high-density lipoprotein (HDL) deficiency. The patient had extremely low HDL cholesterol and apo A-I levels (0.14 mmol/L and 0.8 mg/dL, respectively) but no evidence of coronary heart disease. However, she had bilateral xanthomas of the Achilles tendon, elbow, and knee joint as well as corneal opacities....
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